Jon Watson is a Canadian GNU/Linux enthusiast. After producing 30 episodes of the GNU/Linux User show, Jon and Kelly Penguin Girl now produce the weekly JaK Attack! podcast (http://www.thepurplepodcaster.com/thejakattack). Jon has had articles on podcasting with FLOSS tools published in The Linux Journal (April '06), Linux Magazine (May '06), and Sitepoint (May '06). When not podcasting, he can be found blogging on b5 Media's New Linux User blog (http://www.newlinuxuser.com) or his own personal blog, Tales from the Motherboard (http://www.jonwatson.ca).
Regardless of how fast,
stable, and geek-chic
desktop GNU/Linux has
become, we still live in
a Windows world. Many
vendors, either through
lack of vision or
funding, will produce
only a Windows version of
their software or
drivers. If you're a
gadget geek like me,...